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staffers to Gov. Bruce Rauner, Kirk has hired a new state director, Kevin Artl, who had been the chief political hand to TomCross, the GOP's former Illinois House majority leader who just missed being elected Illinois treasurer in November. Artl

Ifbyphone is based in Chicago and also provides phone call analytics. • A Dec. 15 column by Rich Miller misstated the margin of victory in the Illinois treasurer's race. Democrat Michael Frerichs defeated TomCross by 9,225 votes.

How would she want this transition handled? How would she want to be remembered? I figured she'd probably want Rep. TomCross, R-Oswego, to take her place. Topinka helped persuade Cross to run for state treasurer. And that's when it hit me

themselves back in the desert. When the last mail and provisional ballots finally were counted, the GOP candidate, TomCross, had lost the race for treasurer , one of just two statewide jobs it had controlled. That defeat comes on top of failing to pick up a single

The race for Illinois treasurer is over—finally—and the winner is Democrat Mike Frerichs. GOP nominee TomCross called Frerichs a little while ago to concede the contest, appearing to rule out any recount of Frerichs' apparent 9,400

and ensure proper handling. Kirk references allegations raised last week by a lawyer for GOP candidate for treasurer TomCross. Among them is that elections officials couldn't account for all mail-in and provisional ballots. The Chicago Board

realize that we still don't even know who was elected state treasurer in last week's election. At last check Republican TomCross is holding a slim lead of 500 or so over Democrat Mike Frerichs, with late, mostly provisional, ballots still being

one of the most popular Republicans in Illinois, and yet she under-performed Mr. Rauner. As I write this GOP Rep. TomCross and Democratic Sen. Michael Frerichs are just about tied in the treasurer's race. And Republican Supreme Court Justice

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, there's less than 1 percentage point between former House Republican Leader TomCross and Democratic state Sen. Michael Frerichs. The race to be the state's chief investment officer was marked with unusual

today, as Democrat Michael Frerichs accused Republican TomCross of "gross violations" of the state's campaign finance ..... 000 in one of his campaign funds, Citizens to Elect TomCross State Representative, to pay expenses that should have

legislative office. Mr. Frerichs paid the $1,800 bill after the matter became an issue in his race against GOP nominee TomCross, but Mr. Frerichs protested that he should have been exempt from the leasehold tax. The Illinois Senate Democratic

about who better understands the role of the office. To improve the office's image, former House Republican Leader TomCross said he wants to create a government integrity unit charged with reviewing state financial documents. Democratic state

of Champaign is facing former House Republican Leader TomCross of Oswego. Here's some background on both candidates ..... weakness." Most admired Illinois governor: Jim Thompson TOMCROSS Background: Attorney, former House Republican leader

offing anywhere except in two races, one for governor and the other for state treasurer, which pits former state Rep. TomCross against Democratic state Sen. Mike Frerichs . Mr. Cross is a former House Republican leader from the southwest suburbs who